Statement by The FA and Cornwall FA.
Cornwall FA's Child Welfare Officer is Nigel Hannaford 01326 573222.
Cornwall FA holds Safeguarding Children Workshops as part of its Coach Education programme. Please see the Courses pages for more details. Please also see the Referees pages and the links below for other helpful information on Child Protection.
Change to 0800 telephone number for Safeguarding Children and CRB Enquiries
The 0800 number used for enquiries relating to safeguarding children workshops and CRB enquiries, is changing. From 1st May there will be a new number: 0845 210 80 80, which is an upgraded service which includes FA CRB, Safeguarding Children, Equality and Education workshop administration and Charter Standard enquiries. On telephoning this service, callers will hear a message that will direct their enquiry to the team best equipped to support as detailed below:
‘Welcome to The FA enquiry helpline
If you have a CRB enquiry please press 1
If you have an FA Learning workshop or course enquiry press 2
If you have a Charter Standard enquiry press 3
For all other enquiries press 4’
You can still contact the County Office if you have an enquiry about FA Charter Standard, Safeguarding Children workshops held locally or general information about Criminal Records Bureau procedure on secretary@cornwallfa.com or 01726 74080 as well as the new number.
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Club Welfare Officer
If your league or club runs teams from mini-soccer to under-18s, it is now an FA requirement for a Welfare Officer to be in place to be able to affiliate your league or club for the 2008-09 season. That also means completing an FA Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) application on the Officer, which must have been accepted or in progress at the point of affiliation. Making an appointment is not a huge job. Once in place, Cornwall FA provides full training and offers ongoing guidance, advice and sharing of best practice.
Full details are in the leaflet which is available on the right. Please contact us if you have any questions.
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The FA has issued advice on policies and procedures for keeping children safe and other information such as Guidelines on Photography and Children.
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The FA has established a link with the NSPCC and the HELPLINE is 0808 800 5000 Deaf Users Textphone: 0800 056 0566 www.nspcc.org.uk
There are websites available for reporting illegal content run by the police national crime squad.
http://www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com
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For more on youth football, please see the other sections of the website including Rules and Regulations and Development.